[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 91 (Friday, May 11, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Page 26818]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-9068]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Office of the Secretary

[Document Identifier: OS-0990-0000; 60-day notice]


Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; 
Comment Request

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, HHS.
    In compliance with the requirement of section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the 
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Office of the Secretary (OS), 
Department of Health and Human Services, is publishing the following 
summary of a proposed collection for public comment. Interested persons 
are invited to send comments regarding this burden estimate or any 
other aspect of this collection of information, including any of the 
following subjects: (1) The necessity and utility of the proposed 
information collection for the proper performance of the agency's 
functions; (2) the accuracy of the estimated burden; (3) ways to 
enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be 
collected; and (4) the use of automated collection techniques or other 
forms of information technology to minimize the information collection 
burden.
    Type of Information Collection Request: New collection.
    Title of Information Collection: Homelessness Data for Health and 
Human Services Mainstream Programs.
    Form/OMB No.: 0990-0000.
    Use: The Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and 
Evaluation will study data collection practices by Temporary Assistant 
for Needy Families (TANF) and Medicaid state programs regarding 
homelessness and housing status. Telephone interviews will be conducted 
with state officials from all 50 states and the District of Columbia 
who administer the TANF and Medicaid programs to collect information 
about the type and quality of data related to homelessness and housing 
status that are collected from and recorded about TANF and Medicaid 
applicants. This information will be used to determine whether these 
two HHS mainstream programs are collecting information from program 
applicants and/or participants regarding their housing status.
    Frequency: One time.
    Affected Public: State, Local and Tribal Government.
    Annual Number of Respondents: 102.
    Total Annual Responses: 102.
    Average Burden per Response: 60 minutes.
    Total Annual Hours: 102.
    To obtain copies of the supporting statement and any related forms 
for the proposed paperwork collections referenced above, e-mail your 
request, including your address, phone number, OMB number, and OS 
document identifier, to [email protected], or call the 
Reports Clearance Office on (202) 690-6162. Written comments and 
recommendations for the proposed information collections must be 
received with 60-days, and directed to the OS Paperwork Clearance 
Officer at the following address: Department of Health and Human 
Services, Office of the Secretary, Assistant Secretary for Resources 
and Technology, Office of Resources Management, Attention: Sherrette 
Funn-Coleman (0990-0000), Room 537-H, 200 Independence Avenue, SW., 
Washington, DC 20201.

    Dated: May 2, 2007.
Alice Bettencourt,
Office of the Secretary, Paperwork Reduction Act Reports Clearance 
Officer.
[FR Doc. E7-9068 Filed 5-10-07; 8:45 am]
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